Great things are happening. I am about to embark on a journey, THE journey, I’ve been waiting for since the beginning of time: the recording of my own album. Yes, Andynista will finally have an album out!

I have found a producer who I’m pretty confident will do a great job. More on him later. I plan to post here continually when we start working, hopefully next week!

The songs will mostly be ones that I’ve wrItten over the years, but a couple of brand new ones may appear too. It will be a very electronic album. Pop songs. No filler, all killer.

Wow. Just found this amazing kids choir singing some of my favourite pop songs from the past year. Their teacher sure has some great taste. Here goes:

Zebra by Beach House:

Lisztomania by Phoenix

Fireflies by Owl City

There’s plenty of more from these kids on their YouTube channel.

In case you’ve missed the original versions of any of these great songs, here they are on Spotify:
Beach House – Zebra
Phoenix – Lisztomania
Owl City – Fireflies

Songs You Gotta Hear. Ok, starting now I’m going to post one song every week that I love with a capital L. First off is a song from one of my favourite bands ever. There may be times when XTC are too quirky for their own good, but more often than so they are simply brilliant. And in 1986 they released their very finest moment, the album Skylarking.

Skylarking is pure pop brilliance from start to finish and I could have chosen almost any track, but in the end I went for what is probably the quirkiest track. Skylarking is quite an organic sounding album, with lush strings and fluffy arrangements. Another Satellite is nothing like that, it has quite a cold, hard, machine-like sound but it features some of Andy Partridge’s most amazing vocals, great lyrics and a pop tune to die for.

Why on earth do you revolve around me
Aren’t you aware of the gravity?
Don’t need another satellite!

Here’s link to my playlist “Songs You Gotta Hear” on Spotify. This is first song in the list, but I will add one song each week!

This is my first ever music video. Haha! Made it all by myself.

The song was actually written a long time ago, I think back in 1998. It’s one of my favourites of mine. Hope you like it!

So I went to a lake nearby the town where i live in Sweden and shot videos for two of my songs. And about bloody time too! The result will be here shortly!

The start of a tradition. Each friday I will pick ten great tracks that are sure to get you in the right weekend mood. So, the world premiere calls for some really top tracks, of course, here goes:

Spotify-link: Andynista Pure Friday 091127

The Go-Betweens – Love Goes On!
Great, great song with a lalala-chorus that just you just have to sing along to. Perfect start. The eighties were good, you know.

Julian Casablancas – Out of the blue
This one knocked me out from first listen and still does.

The Faces – Stay with me
Classic Rod. Makes me think of Robbie Williams. I think this is what he wants to be.

Blue Oyster Cult – In Thee
Such a gem. This is possably THE greatest song of the 70’s. And almost unknown. “I wrap myself in dreams, I wrap myself in solitude, but I wish I could wrap myself in thee…”

Tom Petty & Heartbreakers – Don’t do me like that
Simply party.

Nick Lowe – Cruel to be kind
This man is responsible for some cracking tunes. This is one of the best, for sure.

Echo & The Bunnymen – Villiers Terrace
Smashing early track from The 5th Best Band from Liverpool. Erm… let’s see… The Beatles… OMD… China Crisis…

Counting Crows – Rain King
Never cared to much for this band, but this song is absolutely amazing. In the fine american tradition started by John Fogerty and his bandmates.

Kings of Leon – Fans
Love this band. Love this song.

Blackfield – Once
Steven Wilson has changed my life. Well, not really. But I can’t imagine life without his music. Thankfully he’s one of the most productive musicians out there. I’ve probably heard more of Porcupine Tree and Blackfield than any other band the last couple of years.

I love walking around town at night, peaking through windows. I know, I know. I just can’t help it. Last night I saw somebody who had a book shelf with tons of LP’s and what looked like a nice collection of whiskys. I live in a really small town, so I was like, who lives there!? I should know this person!

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MagMag makes me wanna go grab the camera. Some really nice shots.

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I sing too, you know. This is actually a cover of  a fantastic song by country legend Hank Williams. Not that much country & western to my version, though. More like, well, I don’t know, but I’m howling away like Axl Rose on acid towards the end. I don’t know if that’s a good thing.

Like many of my songs this is not a finished version. It needs some polishing. I’ll get there.

ALONE AND FORSAKEN
(Hank Williams)

We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold
The pastures were green and the meadows were gold
Our love was in flower as summer grew on
Her love like the leaves now has withered and gone.

The roses have faded, there’s frost at my door
The birds in the morning don’t sing anymore
The grass in the valley is starting to die
And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry.

Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh, Lord, if You hear me please hold to my hand
Oh, please understand.

Oh, where has she gone to, oh, where can she be
She may have forsaken some other like me
She promised to honor, to love and obey
Each vow was a plaything that she threw away.

The darkness is falling, the sky has turned gray
A hound in the distance is starting to bey
I wonder, I wonder – what she’s thinking of
Forsaken, forgotten – without any love.